What are the responsibilities and job description for the Maintenance Foreman position at Nexus Water Group?
For over 50 years, Texas Water Utilities has been a trusted provider of water and wastewater utility services. Today, we serve over 143,000 customers in 207 Texas communities. Our service area reaches throughout the state of Texas from Mitchell County in central Texas to Matagorda on the Gulf Shores. It all starts with our people – proud members of their communities, dedicated to delivering safe, reliable, and cost-effective water utility services.
Overview
Join our team at Texas Water Utilities, a leading water utility dedicated to providing excellent service to our community. The Maintenance Foreman will assist with facility maintenance, maintain and repair water, wastewater lines, and act in a lead capacity to crewmembers.
What We Offer
- 401k Company Match: 100% of the first 6% of your eligible compensation contributed to the Plan
- Vacation Accrual: Starting at 3 weeks per year
- Holidays: 10 company-paid holidays per year
- Floating Time: 16 hours of paid floating time per year
- Additional Benefit Plans include Medical, Dental, Vision, Company-Paid Life Insurance and more
- Training, Professional Certifications, and Education Allowance
What You'll Do
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Reasonable Accommodations Statement
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Operate backhoe, mini excavator, haul equipment with trailer
- Responsible for water line and sewer repairs, new line installation, wet taps and sewer taps, fire hydrant repair, and valve repair.
- Assist with meter change out; pulls meters and installs new meters.
- Job requires irregular hours and being on-call 24 hours a day.
- Planning and Scheduling jobs.
- Inventory ordering, organizing and counting.
- Acquires permits for jobs and landscaping.
What You'll Bring
Education: Requires knowledge normally acquired through attainment of a high school diploma or GED plus advanced skills and technical knowledge of water and wastewater operations and maintenance attained by specialized courses and on-the-job training.
Experience: Three to five years of directly related experience in water and wastewater system maintenance and repair, including experience operating heavy equipment.
Computer Skills: Basic Skills
Certifications & Licenses: Requires a valid driver's license
Work Environment
Field Based Role
We are a proud Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any characteristic or condition protected by Federal, state, or local law.
We are an E-Verify participating employer.
Nearest Major Market: Tyler
